As a former executive at Waste Management, the largest recycling company in the world, Woods moved his regional headquarters from California to Arizona.

“We started trying to permit a major recycling facility in LA at an old landfill site, mind you. That site is still not permitted to this day,” the former VP told KCRA 3.

Woods said the permitting process has taken more than 10 years, and there still is no facility in California.

Yet, it took just two years to build the same plant in Arizona.

“If you took a white board and said, how can we make it difficult, how many agencies can we layer on, California is just as complex as it can be,” Woods said. “It’s not an employer-friendly state. And to that end, it’s more difficult -- definitely more costly to operate in.”

Of all the states, California ranks dead last for policy friendliness, with key negatives for high taxes, high workers compensation costs and high electricity costs, according to the most recent report from the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.

But the Brown administration denies that California is bleeding jobs to other states, despite the 254 companies counted by Vranich.

“Well, we know businesses are concerned about tax policy,” said Kish Rajan, the director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, or GO-Biz for short.

“But at the same time Mike, I have to tell you -- we see companies that are coming here, that are expanding here. Great names like Caterpillar, Amazon, Samsung, Sutter Health up here in the Sacramento area, VSP in the Sacramento area,” Rajan told KCRA 3.

But the former executive of Waste Management believes it’s too little, too late.

“Denial is not a strategy,” Woods told KCRA 3.

The California legislature is now considering a bill to add yet another paid holiday for state workers.

Meanwhile, Arizona has placed a moratorium on future regulations for business. The contrast exemplifies how Arizona and California have radically different values when it comes to business and labor.

California used to be a magnet for people to move from other states, but U.S. census data shows the population patterns have reversed.

Nearly 100,000 more people moved out of California than moved in, with the prime destinations being Texas and Arizona.

Of course, there are multiple reasons for people to leave a state, including family issues -- so, not all the migration is job related.

But the trends continue to show California as a net exporter of people to other states.

In part three of "Arizona, Here We Come," KCRA 3 looks at how Arizona’s top universities are part of the campaign to recruit California businesses.

Photos: Ariz. campaign targets California businesses

Photos: Ariz. campaign targets California businesses

After the passage of Prop. 30 in November, Arizona leaders launched a campaign to get California businesses to come to the Grand Canyon State. When CEOs arrive at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport, they are met with an entourage of Arizona mayors and other leaders eager to proclaim, "Now Arriving, California."

KCRA 3's Mike Luery took a look of Arizona's "California 100" campaign and was given access to the tour given to California CEOs.

CEOs are wined and dined as they are introduced to Arizona's movers and shakers.

The campaign includes an aerial tour of the great-Phoenix area.

Barry Broome, president of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, said 57 California companies were interested in looking at the program an hour after it went into the market. Of those 57 companies, 19 CEOs have told the Greater Phoenix Economic Council they are committed to leaving California.

See photos from the tour given to CEOs as part of the "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Get a behind-the-scenes at Arizona's campaign to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State.

Get a behind-the-scenes at Arizona's campaign to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State.

Get a behind-the-scenes at Arizona's campaign to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

Arizona leaders are aiming to get California businesses to move to the Grand Canyon State as part of its "California 100" campaign.

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